diff --git a/coccinelle.changes b/coccinelle.changes
index 2c23df6..5b13650 100644
--- a/coccinelle.changes
+++ b/coccinelle.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sat Apr 24 19:14:40 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
+
+- disable stripping on ocaml -custom binaries to make program
+  usable
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Thu Mar 25 00:51:20 UTC 2010 - jengelh@medozas.de
 
diff --git a/coccinelle.spec b/coccinelle.spec
index 45f2a72..cecbd81 100644
--- a/coccinelle.spec
+++ b/coccinelle.spec
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Name:           coccinelle
 Version:        0.2.2
-Release:        0
+Release:        jen1
 Summary:        Semantic patch utility
 License:        GPL2
 Group:          Productivity/Text/Utilities
@@ -31,6 +31,14 @@ used (by us and others) for finding and fixing bugs in systems code.
 make %{?_smp_mflags}
 
 %install
+# "because it is simply not possible to strip ocaml binaries that are built 
+# with the -custom option."
+export NO_BRP_STRIP_DEBUG=true
+export NO_DEBUGINFO_STRIP_DEBUG=true
+%define __debug_install_post %{nil}
+>debugfiles.list
+>debugsources.list
+
 b="%buildroot"
 rm -Rf "$b"
 mkdir "$b"